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Alameda tried to redeem 3,000 wBTC days before bankruptcy: BitGo CEO

Mike Belshe, the CEO of digital asset custodian BitGo has confirmed that Alameda Research attempted to redeem 3,000 Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) in the days before FTX’s bankruptcy filing on Nov. 11.  During a Dec. 14 Twitter Spaces hosted by decentralized finance (DeFi) researcher Chris Blec, Belshe confirmed the firm knocked back the redemption request because the unknown Alameda representative involved didn’t pass Bitgo’s security verification process and seemed unfamiliar with how the wrapped Bitcoin burning process worked. Full convo here. This part starts at 1:09:30. https://t.co/0KQg6bzd8k — Chris Blec (@ChrisBlec) December 14, 2022 “[The security details] didn’t match the process. So we held it up and we said no, no, no, no. This is not what the burn looks like. And we need to...

Binance burns $1.8M in LUNC trading fees following community proposal

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced it completed the first burn of Terra Classic tokens’ trading fees in response to a community proposal from September. In an Oct. 3 update, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the exchange had burned roughly $1.8 million worth of Terra Classic (LUNC) — formerly Terra (LUNA) — trading fees for LUNC/BUSD and LUNC/USDT spot and margin trading pairs. According to Binance, the burn included the equivalent of 1,863,213.47 Tether (USDT) — roughly 5.5 million LUNC. First LUNC burn, $1.8 million ish.https://t.co/b86RlCYqe3 — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) October 3, 2022 The exchange’s original announcement from Sept. 26 said the burns would be completed every Monday — making the next event on Oct. 10 — sending trading fees to a LUNC burn address. Many in the Terr...

LUNC investors react to CZ’s 1.2% trading tax recommendation on Binance

The infamous collapse of the Terra ecosystem, which erased market prices of TerraUSD (UST) and LUNA tokens, continues to trouble anxious investors as co-founder Do Kwon, crypto exchanges and the community together tries to identify the best route for a sustainable price recovery. Most recently, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, the CEO of crypto exchange Binance, recommended a flat 1.2% trading tax on LUNC trades that could be burned to reduce the token’s total supply and improve its price performance. Addressing the community, CZ stated: “We will implement an opt-in button (on the Binance exchange), for people to opt-in to pay a 1.2% tax for their LUNC trading.” However, the exchange would begin the taxation for opt-in traders following the consensus of 25% of the LUNC investors, making sure that earl...

Do Kwon shares LUNA burn address but warns ‘LUNAtics’ against using it

The recent Terra revival plan announced by Do Kwon, the co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, received mixed reactions as many questioned the effectiveness of a hard fork in reviving the fallen prices of Terra (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST) tokens. Instead, the part of the community recommended burning LUNA as the most plausible way to achieve a comeback. Kwon’s proposal to preserve the Terra ecosystem involves hard forking the existing Terra blockchain without the algorithmic stablecoin and redistributing a new version of the LUNA tokens to investors based on a historical snapshot before the death spiral. However, several crypto entrepreneurs, including Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, opined that: “Reducing supply should be done via burn, not fork at an old date, and abandon everyone who tried to rescue ...

LUNA drops 20% in a day as whale dumps Terra’s UST stablecoin — selloff risks ahead?

Terra (LUNA) has plunged significantly after witnessing a FUD attack on its native stablecoin TerraUSD (UST). The LUNA/USD pair dropped 20% between May 7 and May 8, hitting $61, its worst level in three months, after a whale mass-dumped $285 million worth of UST. As a result of this selloff, UST briefly lost its U.S. dollar peg, falling to as low as $0.98. UST daily price chart. Source: TradingView Excessive LUNA supply LUNA serves as a collateral asset to maintain UST’s dollar peg, according to Terra’s elastic monetary policy. Therefore, when the value of UST is above $1, the Terra protocol incentivizes users to burn LUNA and mint UST. Conversely, when UST’s price drops below $1, the protocol rewards users for burning UST and minting LUNA. Therefore, during UST supp...

Shiba Inu has a new use case — Buying land in SHIB: The Metaverse

Holders of the popular memecoin Shiba Inu (SHIB), will now be able to use the cryptocurrency to purchase land in the Shiba metaverse.  On Wednesday, the Shiba Inu team took to Twitter to reveal that the SHIB token could now be used to mint parcels of land in the recently unveiled virtual reality project “SHIB: The Metaverse.” New minting option has been released on https://t.co/f2oLn05qWk! Mint lands with $SHIB! Minting with $SHIB Details:0.2 ETH equivalents in $SHIB0.3 ETH equivalents in $SHIB0.5 ETH equivalents in $SHIB1 ETH equivalents in $SHIB#ShibTheMetaverse #ShibMV pic.twitter.com/mOrpwDSkDK — SHIB: The Metaverse (@ShibTheMV) May 4, 2022 There are 100,595 different pieces of land on offer in the SHIB: The Metaverse. Initially it was only possible to purchase land using ETH. Now...

Kizz Daniel – Burn

Nigerian singer Kizz Daniel is here with a special song he calls “Burn”, for his teeming fans.  Fly Boy Inc. premieres this brand new exciting piece of music titled “Burn” from Kizz Daniel, taken from his new body of work “Barnabas” EP. The new project is his fourth studio project with the previous being “New Era”,  “No Bad Songz” and “King of Love”. Kizz Daniel wows with his witty and catchy lyrics supported by some good instrumentals like the lead single “Lie“. Listen, enjoy Kizz Daniel – “Burn” below. Download link coming very soon. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharin...

Haiti police say they have president’s suspected killers, still hunting masterminds

Haiti’s police has killed or apprehended the suspected killers of President Jovenel Moise, officials said on Thursday, and are hunting for the masterminds behind the assassination that stunned the impoverished Caribbean nation. Moise, 53, was shot dead early on Wednesday at his home by what officials said was a commando of apparently foreign, trained killers, pitching the poorest country in the Americas deeper into turmoil amidst political divisions, hunger, and widespread gang violence. Police Chief Leon Charles said in a televised briefing on Thursday that authorities had tracked down the suspected assassins to a house near the scene of the crime in Petionville, a northern suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince. A fierce firefight lasted late into the night and six suspects were taken in c...

KONY Scented: A Notorious B.I.G. Incense Chamber Is Here

Source: Johnny Hoxton x RYCA / Johnny Hoxton x RYCA Fans will be able to bring one of Hip-Hop’s greatest talents to their a home. You can now blow fragrant smoke with Biggie Smalls. Source: Johnny Hoxton x RYCA / Johnny Hoxton x RYCA As spotted on Hype Beast The Notorious B.I.G.’s likeness is being used for the betterment of your living space. British jeweler Johnny Hoxton and Ryca have partnered to produce a incense burner in the likeness of the Brooklyn MC. The ceramic bust of the rap icon consists of two parts and can be used as a smoke chamber. The head and shoulder are hollowed out so that the included incense sticks can be lit and placed inside. The smoke can escape through holes in the rapper’s nose, as well as through the back of his neck and the shoulder-shaped base. The bust...